{"date":"August 25","id":"08-25","intro":["We to-day know that there is a direct relation between the moon and tides. When Julius Cæsar went to conquer Britain his transports were wrecked because he did not know the tides on the English coast; a knowledge of which might have changed the whole course of history."],"minutes":23,"readings":[{"author":"Lord Kelvin","end":285,"start":274,"volume":30,"work":"Tides"}],"slug":"august-25","status":"proofread","title":"Britain Saved by a Full Moon","url":"/harvard-classics/august-25/","words":4509}